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Richard Barkman
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Hey Everyone, please critique my lower leg homework.
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Hey all, please critique my calf assignment. Having just looked at Stan’s work again, I see I could have spent more time on line and shape design (straights vs curves, assymetry, etc). Thanks
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So as I was doing the hamstring assignment, this photo came across my Instagram feed (don’t judge me, it’s art. LOL). The hamstrings are difficult to identify because there seems to be only one raised column that comes straight from the “egg” of the calf muscles. I’ve associated that ‘column” with the semitendinosus, and shown , in purple, how my muscle overlay matches (and doesn’t) with the furrows in her legs. By the way not all of the ends of the biceps femoris where it connects to the fibulae are shown, because the legs are turned away somewhat. Of course, I could be completely wrong, what do you think?
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Hey everyone, please critique my hamstring assignment. Thanks!
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Here's my Quad Assignment. Decided to use charcoal this time. Critiques welcomed, thanks.
Richard Barkman
2yr
Hey, Charles, here’s what I see: 1) lack of clarity - it’s often hard to see the muscle boundaries, so I can’t tell whether they are accurate or not, 2) line quality is poor and contributes to lack of clarity, 3) the sartorius tends to vary back and forth in thickness along it’s length and between legs - it’s actual thickness is often impossible to see, so I guess we need to at least try to make it somewhat streamlined and uniform, 4) lack of structure, particularly in the knees. Now I need to go back and see if I practiced what I preached! Good luck!
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I’ve used Skelly for a long time now and it’s a great app. Some additional functionality would help a lot:
1) allow selecting a background from reference photos. When I’m trying to get a pelvis right, for instance, I jump back and forth a lot between skelly and procreate. It would save times of time if the reference was within Skelly.
2) Skelly is not an exact match for any of the main models on Proko. It would be nice to have custom versions of Skelly tailored to some of the models.
3) the ability to morph different parts of Skelly to fit reference would be nice (make the torso smaller, pelvis bigger, arms shorter, etc).
4) provide the ability to straighten the spine as in a deep back end.
5) change the zoom/depth of field for deep perspective…
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Hey everybody, here is the 2nd part of my adductor assignment. The first part, previously posted, focused on form. This part focuses on the individual muscles. Stan said not to bother but I guess I’m a glutton for punishment. Thanks for looking.
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Hi, here is my fourth Tarzan drawing. It took 5 h and 15 min. Conté (b & 2b) on A2 printer paper. My main focus was to have an interesting shape and value composition. I wanted the shapes to interlock more, like a puzzle and I wanted the shapes to feel less clumsy. I'm very happy with it :) Feedback appreciated!
The composition I had in mind when I started was a triangular shape splitting the canvas in two, with cool active shape design and a lot of energy. I think my brain was bringing up a Frazetta drawing. But the drawing didn't end up that way, because I had trouble coming up with something in that composition where the story was clear.
The drawing I did illustrates Tarzan, proclaiming his victory over the lioness he's just defeated. He's yelling and pounding his chest. He has his right foot on the killed lioness. It's a full moon and the jungle lies dark. I think the fight took place out on a clearing in the jungle. The dark shape in the background is supposed to be the tree-top skyline.
What do you think of the composition? The shape design? The value design?
Do you think the story reads?
Thanks in advance :)
2yr
Hey Jesper, composition is one of those things I mean to get to one day, so have no clear technical advice for you. However, my eye is drawn to the black shape in the bottom right, instead of to Tarzan. I suggest moving the black shape to envelope at least part of Tarzan, (like his head and Torso, not the lower leg) to draw attention there.
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Hey everyone, please critique my adductor assignment.
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